This is our record of the short life of our son, Samuel, and the days following. Samuel was born on August 1, 2009 with several heart defects and very sick lungs. He died on August 31, 2009. August was a holy month for us,and we are so grateful for the days we had with our third son. We are convinced that our God, who carried us through each moment, is GOOD and TRUSTWORTHY. We are learning to praise Him in new ways and depend on Him more fully as we grieve Samuel.

Monday, May 14, 2012

An Absurd Number of Photos

Playing Peek-A-Boo with her brothers

The Cutiest Cutie Pie in the Whole Wide World as the boys call her

On Joel's Birthday we all wore orange in honor of him. He wanted to go to McDonald's for dinner, so we did. :)

Me and the crazy 5 year old

Colleen and Anna

With his orange flavored birthday cupcake

Bryan, the cake-decorating master, at work. Notice Catching Fire on the counter -- I was reading it out loud to him when I wasn't taking pictures or decorating for Joel's party

Anna LOVES her brothers, and the feeling is very, very mutual. They giggled and giggled looking at each other through the window.

She's irresistible. And she LOVES to eat. She shovels it in, two-fisted. I've never seen a child eat as fast or as much as she does.

Joel's pre-K class had a special Mother's Day picnic and program. I love this kid!!

Ok, she's beyond adorable. I cover her cheeks with kisses all day long. I simply can't help myself.

At Joel's preschool carnival

Bryan framed these pictures for me for Mother's Day. I love them! They're from our dear friend Marissa's wedding last December. Caleb and Joel were bouquet bearers, and our sweet friend Becca (Caden's mom) was one of the photographers. She kindly passed these pics along. Isn't Caleb handsome?!?

Dashing Joel

Breakdancing Caleb. Part of what I love about this one is how it's so out of character for Caleb. He's not a center-of-attention kind of kid at all, but this night he just wanted to DANCE! It's currently framed on our mantle. Makes me smile every time I see it.